9.6
Critical
Exploited
CVE-2020-15999 Google Chrome FreeType Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Active exploitation observed
· CISA KEV catalogue
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware campaigns
Not observed so far
Weakness
CWE-787
Description
Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome 86.0 | earliest → < 86.0.4240.111 | 86.0.4240.111 |
References
- crbug.com crbug.com
- chromereleases.googleblog.com chromereleases.googleblog.com
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1829 lists.opensuse.org
- FEDORA-2020-6b35849edd lists.fedoraproject.org
- GLSA-202011-12 security.gentoo.org
- 20201118 TCMalloc viewer/dumper - TCMalloc Inspector Tool seclists.org
- GLSA-202012-04 security.gentoo.org
- DSA-4824 www.debian.org
- googleprojectzero.blogspot.com googleprojectzero.blogspot.com
- GLSA-202401-19 security.gentoo.org
Timeline
- Published
- Added to the KEV catalogue
- Last modified
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